A speaker at the Islamic Center of North Fulton gave me the idea of combining physical prayer with the Lord’s Prayer when I visited a few months ago. He said the words of the opening chapter of the Quran was as important to...
Read MoreThe Hebrew and Christian scriptures describe standing, bowing, kneeling, and prostrating oneself face down in prayer and worship. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! (Psalm 95: 6) Then...
Read MoreI am three days into a new program inspired loosely by Dan John’s Easy Strength guidelines… 12 kg kettlebell – 3 sets of 5 halos L/R (780 pounds) Bodyweight squats – 3 sets of 10 24 kg kettlebell – 3...
Read MoreI stopped exercising for 8 days because I was afraid the ciprofloxacin (sip-roe-FLOX-a-sin) I had to take for 7 days would make the tendons in my body rupture. Ciprofloxacin is an antibacterial medicine that can cause tendon...
Read MoreI went to American Family Care twice this month. The end of a cotton swab came off in my ear when I was getting ready to go to the airport to fly to Richmond, Virginia on 3 November. Neither I or my wife who is a skilled...
Read MoreI was on a silent retreat at Ignatius House in Sandy Springs, Georgia from 26 September through 4 October. One focus of the retreat was eating… I am pretty sure that my wife and I have never eaten a meal at our dining room table...
Read MoreI’ve trained long and I’ve trained hard to be strong and fit in various periods of my life. I’ve trained on my own and I’ve trained with a coach. I went through a bodybuilding phase two or three times. I went through a running...
Read MoreSick pets who are taken to a veterinarian often receive fluids. Fluids can work wonders and I think one of the rules of thumb in veterinary medicine is, “When in doubt, give fluids.” Don’t hold me to that as I am only married to...
Read MoreI wiggled while rolling up onto my elbow in a get-up one Friday three or four weeks ago. My back felt funny, so after completing that get-up, I got onto my hands and knees and practiced Original Strength rocking for a few...
Read MoreI enjoy training twice per day and feel pretty good doing so four days in a row. By day 5, however, I am drained. I was taking a rest day on Friday and training on Saturday, but it dawned on me recently that I might be better...
Read MoreMy workouts are improving and I am often completing 60 minutes per day. The secret to working 60 minutes is breaking it into two sessions. Today was a good example of how things have been going lately. I finished my first round...
Read MoreI stopped training in mid-May for 10 days while sick and my workouts remain below earlier power and performance levels. My left elbow aches. I am getting more winded than I would expect after modest sets of swings. I have had a...
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Not often, but occasionally, I have wished I was an alcoholic. I have spent hundreds of hours in AA meetings over the past 37 years. My first was in 1982 when my work as a new Chaplain Resident at the University of Mississippi...
Read MorePastor Lauren Colwell delivered the greatest children’s sermon I’ve ever heard this morning. I am a connoisseur of children’s sermons, so my praise is a big deal. I would repeat what Lauren said, but she talked about what it is...
Read MoreThe first “Christian” book that I read in 1974 or 1975 as a teenager was Charles Sheldon’s 1896 novel In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? I think I need to read that book again because I may have been so attentive to some...
Read MoreMatthew gave us a long list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ at the start of his Gospel. Most of us are content to skip over or skim through the names to get to Matthew’s stories, but every name represents a story and some of...
Read MoreI am glad to be 61 years old on 14 September. Thanks to all who offered birthday wishes. As a rule, I don’t talk about my birthday, plan anything special, or welcome anyone else planning something special. I did not know I had...
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